PGA Grand Slam of Golf Returns to Bermuda

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf, the season-ending showcase that features golf's premier foursome — the winners of the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship — will be held in Bermuda October 14-15, 2008 at the Mid Ocean Club after a successful debut at this private club in 2007.

The event, hosted by the Mid Ocean Club and the Fairmont Southhampton on October 16-17, 2007, included PGA tour winners Zach Johnson, Angel Cabrera, Padraig Harrington and Jim Furyk, who replaced Tiger Woods. Angel Cabrera (U.S. Open Champion) won the two-day tourney by edging out Harrington (British Open Champion) on the final day in a three-hole playoff. It was the 25th edition of the tournament, attended by large crowds and televised by TNT, and was the first time the Grand Slam had been held outside the United States. The 36-hole championship, boasting the most difficult qualification requirement in the game — a major championship — will once again be televised to a worldwide audience by TNT. The total purse was $1.35 million, with the winner receiving $500,000, second place $300,000, third place $250,000 and fourth place $200,000.

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf returns to Bermuda following the success of last year's tournament, according to Premier and Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart F. Brown. "The PGA of America has informed us the PGA Grand Slam of Golf will return to Bermuda in 2008," Brown says. "Its first visit created a lot of excitement and produced an overwhelmingly positive impact on our tourism product. So we're looking forward to doing it all over again and doing it even better than last time."

"Bermuda is no stranger to hosting the finest players in the game," says PGA of America President Brian Whitcomb. "What remains constant is that this event features the game's stiffest entry requirement and is a treat for fans and players. The combination of a classic venue that challenged major champions, a large gallery and the outstanding support from the island's corporate community produced one of our all-time best PGA of Grand Slam of Golf events. We look forward with great excitement to bringing golf's major champions back next fall to Bermuda."

The news of the event's return caused a stir throughout the island. "One of our top priorities has been to attract a televised golf event that will deliver the best players in the world to showcase Bermuda as a world-class golf destination," says Bermuda Director of Tourism Cherie Lynn Whittier. "It fits our objectives perfectly."

The Mid Ocean Club is a private course that can be played by invitation only and is ranked 45 on the list of top courses outside the U.S. by Golf Digest magazine. The 6,520-yard, par-70 layout was designed by Charles Blair Macdonald in 1921 and modified in the 1950s by the late noted golf architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. The club has hosted notable figures such as Presidents George H.W. Bush and Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor and baseball icon Babe Ruth.

Image Kevin Murray/Riddell's Bay Golf and Country Club

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